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3.7 (7 reviews)
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Closed 11:00 am - 10:30 pm

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The burgers and milkshakes are average, nothing special. They have some good salads on the menu. Friendly service.

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Get Baked The Joint

Get Baked The Joint

(3 reviews)

££

University, City Centre

All hail the cult of the burger. Leeds, if you've not noticed the slow take over by America's…read moregreatest export, I don't know where you've been. It began with RARE and Patty Smiths. (Okay, maybe It Bar and others tried it first, but I'm not sure I rate 'em.) Then Meat Liquor, Byron, Almost Famous, and Five Guys. Did I miss anyone? Who cares. Step aside folks -- get thee to Get Baked. I've tried the delivery version of these guys recently (and again -- I need to update) and only recently realised that they had just opened up a restaurant. I often walk into town, so I'd seen something going on inside what used to be The Quilted Llama, then soon realised that Get Baked (mrniceguys) were behind this venture too. Funny that I only just wrote in the other review that these guys needed a restaurant... I liked the tongue in cheek nod to Five Guys on their signage ("High Five Guys") and the l337 speak claiming they'd "run out of l3773r5". Before you even enter, neon words promise you "free food tomorrow". It may be huge, looming, and illuminati-esque (and clearly, it's like that on purpose -- the restaurant is in a church, for goodness' sake) but I love the huge neon signage in the window too. The comic print style, black and white wall paper, featuring characters like Felix the cat, Heisenberg, and Hannibal, is cool enough -- although my friend felt it was reminiscent of Meat Liquor's do up. (I can see that.) My absolute favourite bit is the UV paint splattered hallway to the loos, though. It feels really nineties and fits in well, with yet more cool neon signs dotted about. Essentially, I dig the vibe of the place. The only thing that feels jarring is to eat in a room with such a high ceiling, and since the music is so loud and the lighting is so low, it really feels like it should become a night club once the foodening has happened. In fact, I wish it would -- I could burn off the heavenly guilt and get my rave on in an actually well-converted church. (Did you notice that all other church-come-nightclubs are seriously tacky?) And when I say the music was loud, I mean we actually couldn't hear each other -- or the waiters/waitresses -- at one point. It seemed like they recognised this, as it did go up and down before settling on a balane. I couldn't complain about the playlist though; we shazamed about five songs during our visit. Now, let's get to the real talk: burgers. Oh shiiiiiiiit. I want to say that the reason I ceased to talk to my friend was because I couldn't hear him, but once that chicken burger arrived, it was business time. (I mean, I couldn't hear him, but I didn't care, because burger.) I can't remember the name of my choice -- the chicken burger that's a number which is probably a significant joke I'm not quite geeky enough to get? They all have clever names of some kind. Whatever -- it had a big hunk of perfectly fried chicken, in some other-wordly batter, soaked in maple syrup, with American-style crispy bacon. You bet your ass they put it in a brioche bun. Get in my face and don't interrupt me 'til I'm done. Not a word. The chips were great -- I love the seasoning -- and if you're unafeared of calories, do the nacho cheese. I thought it was worth it. Gentlemen's Wit, a Camden brewery beer, was a solid accompaniment and not too strong. Oddly, if you think flavours and food can be gendered, I would say it's actually a bit 'girly', what with the lemon and bergamot. Maybe CB are being ironic somehow? Whatever. I do have to say, though -- lads: You can't be having the Full Girlfriend Experience on your menu and leave nothing for us ladies. Full Boyfriend Experience please! I like bantz as much as the next lass :) Also -- does anyone remember the Leeds band Pigzipper? They're on the menu too! I dig the weird, creepy mannequin man who gives you an egg if you feed him money. All the staff were great. I wish I'd gotten names, as two of the lads were just awesome; kudos to you dancing guy by the desk -- you're amazing. I like a place where the staff clearly have fun. Plenty of banter. Let's go for the roundup: If you're after a really fantastic, American-style burger, I think these guys are the one. I really, really loved the food -- it's all-out, carb-tastic, screw-the-diet delicious. The drinks range was grand, although I didn't even get to the cocktails that time -- can't speak for the soft drinks since I was on the beers that night. The staff are loads of fun. The prices are fine -- it was about £40 for two burgers, two chips, and seven or so beers. I would prefer the music to be less intrusive, but I dig the playlist. I do also wish it became a bar after 11pm or something. Basically, I'll definitely be coming back. Go on in and fill your face.

It's got something that makes you want to try it out and tell your friends to go but i don't think…read moreit is anywhere near the best of its kind for the burger and american feel. The chicken wings in honey et al. are so mourish I forgot to share them but overall the portion sizes are large! The big open space is filled with unique little bits, like a creepy moving clown in the entrance way. Service was good and the milkshakes were better.

Brooklyn Bar & NY Burger Kitchen

Brooklyn Bar & NY Burger Kitchen

(10 reviews)

££

The Calls, City Centre, Shopping Quarter

YELP supper club! I like it here…read more I didn't get to see the upstairs as there was a function on. We had initially opted to go to Reds for our supper but we couldn't get a table until 9:45. James and myself would have been perfectly willing to wait as we really wanted to dine at Reds, but Roweena was making hungry, growling noises and sprinkling passing children with seasoning and mumbling "that one would taste lovely with some bar-b-q relish on it!". So before there was an "incident" we decided to head down to Brooklyn Bar so Row could get her freak-on and tear into some red meat. The bar staff couldn't have been more pleasant, attentive and helpful. I opted for the rum burger and a pint of Blue Moon beer. I have never had Blue Moon before and it is a spot-on refreshing drink. When my burger came it was stacked with fresh salad and perfectly cooked onion rings. The meat was lovely and juicy and deceptively big. The fries where cooked just right. James had a rack of ribs and they looked spectacular. Definitely trying them next time. I will be checking in here again.

Let's not be throwing stars around like shurikens, if I could review the bar separately to the…read morefood, I would indeed. And that review would likely be less favourable as a matter taste. However, there are some things you can't fault, and that would be the service and the food. I'll, of course, go into some detail. The bad news: The bar really isn't to my tastes. Not in terms of décor, but in terms of style. The music is (and I can already hear what you're going to say) too loud and too pop for my tastes. (Whatever, I'm old.) When it's a Wednesday night and no one is in your bar, why must you ear bleed me with Rhianna and that awful awful Blurred Lines song? No one wants it. Or, at least, no one I know. I am also not a fan of TV screens, but I realise some folks do like to watch a bit of footie. People often enjoy it when a leggy man does a goal, I understand that. It's rustic looking and attractive, and has a gorgeously decked out little beer garden (big umbrellas please, for when it rains) so it could be much more - but alas, it's a little like a replica of vodka rev or brb in terms of personality. It needn't be - everyone else was in the aforementioned bars for their Wednesday shooter and R'n'B. My wish would be that it lives up to the NY name more, and actually takes that vibe on a little more. Underground and interesting music on the Spotify, to link into their (I'm assuming, haven't tried) NY cocktail menus and food. Just my opinion, like. ANYWAY! The food. My word, the food. If you come here for just one thing, let it be the burgers. Let it be the California burger, with skin on fries, and delicious crispy SFC strips. It does the same as most, and bungs them in a placcy basket to look all authentic, but when you bite down on that mother of a beef patty, and let the guac, onion rings, melty beef, jack cheese, and the rest assemble in your gob, you know you've made it. You've made it. Welcome to flavour country. I am a fan. As ever, and as will almost always be in Leeds, I wished the burger had been a touch more pink. But - my folly - I didn't ask it to be so. And those SFC strips - yes. Yes yes yes. I liked them immensely. As for the service, not a single encounter was unpleasant, and everyone who interacted with us was fantastic. Top notch service, banter, the extra mile, and all that jazz. Props to the two girls and chap who made the night more of a four star experience than a three star one. So, I shan't ramble on for much longer. The place has potential. I like the subway train by the loos. The actual building is lovely, and the garden is grand. The NY menu is fabulous, and the staff are brill. I just wish they'd ditch the crap music and punk it up a bit. I would definitely then be a regular.

Patty Smith's Dirty Burgers

Patty Smith's Dirty Burgers

(1 review)

Shopping Quarter, City Centre

Warning: This review contains superlatives…read more I crave moments like this. I unwrapped my burger package with more excitement than a toddler at Christmas; the folded paper wrapping that encases your burger is a delightful hint to the 'true American' style experience you are about to receive. It had been freshly cooked in just the right amount of time to build up my anticipation, but not so much that it began to wane. The mantra in my head, as I grabbed it with both hands, "Don't be disappointing. Don't be disappointing." Perhaps I'm a little bit obsessive when it comes to meat patties. And who can blame me? Leeds has many pretenders to the throne, and I don't think it's melodramatic to say that there may be fewer more disheartening moments than forcing down a burger-dud. Especially when some charge you in excess of a tenner for it. (That's like getting a a face-slap and being asked to say thank you.) Perhaps I am obsessive about this. But, I digress. This. Oh, this. This, friends, is the promised land. Flavour country. Your Huckleberry. Etc. Don't be size-ist -- we all know it's about what you do with it that counts. And what Patty Smith does with hers, no one in Leeds can top. She offers you the softest, squidgiest buns; this beautiful twin of breads perfectly holds everything in place, and soaks the goodness without becoming too soggy. It also happens to taste marvellous and manages not to intrude on the overall experience. You know exactly what I mean. The bun is not stodgy. She offers some amazing new molecular level of cheese that I've not experienced before -- how was it both liquid and solid? And how was that exactly what I wanted, and how did she know? I would do the smokey, sweet, superb sauce an arrest-worthy injustice if I dared try to explain it. Really. She also offers you the juiciest patty known to Yorkshire; she must divulge her secrets to me. It is not so rare that you can see the grass the cows frolicked on, but -- cripes -- it's juicy-good. It's slightly pink, and it is perfect. Devouring with abandon is not an ignoble thing: to eat her patty is to smother your face in delicious burger nectar. Indulge in that dirty juice. It is holier than you, and you are lucky to experience it. You damned hipster. Forget your beard, forget your 'retro' '90s lipstick, forget being scene/seen for a second. (Patty lives in the Belgrave, don't 'cha know.) Just bloody destroy that thing. Get it in you. *Okay, it's just a burger. But I really did get excited.

Rosie's Diner

Rosie's Diner

(7 reviews)

££

Kirkstall

All I wanted was chicken and waffles. I'd been reading about them a lot (okay that sounds weird --…read moreit was related to my job and not some strange, niche interest) and it brought on a huge craving. To salve this, I looked up restaurants in Leeds that might serve them -- enter Rosie's! It's good to have friends that cater to the last minute, oft-weird whims of a lady and her oral desires. (Don't be rude.) My good pal Laurie was up for the jaunt, and so we adventured across town to the Kirkstall complex that houses this joint. It's almost a fun experience. I like the bus (you can sit inside it) and I like the booths and I even like the ultra-cheesy, very-nearly-Pulp-Fiction feel of the decor. Except, once the shine has settled, you feel very much like you're in a TGIFriday type of chain. (I wasn't so keen on that.) That said, the staff were very lovely and accommodating. I loved the fries -- this sounds silly, but I really think they can be hard to master. These were every bit of your filthy, greasy-but-crispy, desire. The burger was solid. It tasted like a solid, greasy, stodgy affair, although by no means was it at Shake Shack levels of nirvana, and the like. Mac and cheese: I've had better. The chicken and waffles: so, those weren't on the menu any more. Sad! However, I asked the waitress if I could order a waffle with maple syrup to come with our mains, and good ol' L-town ordered fried chicken, and so I was able to create my own. Plan worked a treat: whilst the fried chicken was almost certainly from a packet (it did not taste/appear to be made from scratch) it absolutely scratched the itch. Chuck a couple of those b-boys on a waffle, lather it -- nay, suffocate it -- with maple syrup, and you'll get a little closer to the kind of disgraceful treats you can get across the pond. Nope, it's not authentic. But it was what I wanted! There you have it, folks. And, I'll say, of all the eateries in the complex (bar Five Guys, because BURGER HEAVEN) this one's probs tops. Enjoy!

I got mixed feelings about this place, I went with a friend of mine that she grew up in America and…read moreshe was quite specific of what she wanted to eat. So why i got mixed feelings about it? I ordered a Pug hot dog and she ordered a steak and egg. My hot dog was decent (i must say though putting the cheese between the dog and the bun was a bit weird instead of on the top) and the size was very good but my friend on the other side wasn't as lucky as me. She asked for a medium steak and got a well done with an over easy egg on top and got an over medium. The steak looked a but dehydrated and she had to ask for some lemon to give it a boost to the flavour and she made a comment as she was eating her side of corn on the cob that the corn wasn't very fresh. I'm not sure i would go back to try something else unless is FOR SCIENCE!!!!

Five Guys - Small fries (there were more in the bag). Vinegar on these was a mistake.

Five Guys

(9 reviews)

££

Kirkstall

ERMAGERD. Yeah yeah yeah yeah, I KNOW GUYS. I know. I'm late to the party. So late you're already…read morethinking about the next one. You already know. I'm THAT guy who's all like, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS GREAT NEW PLACE, but you knew it was here for like, a gajillion years! You don't even need me to tell you. I get it. You know the secret. Or, the not-secret. But let's JUST BACK UP A SECOND. Alright, using all-caps is well lazy and I could use my good-words to show you how much I loved the burgers here. Fair do. But maybe I just want to shout, 'puter style, because the absolute grease-dream of a mouth party that these guys are about just makes me incompetent at sentences. Or, maybe that's the extreme amount of calories fuzzing my brain-thoughts. I love burgers so much I might do a cry. SuperlativeSuperlativeSuperlative. It's kinda between them and Shake Shack right now. (All right, Get Baked need a mention too.) Why can't I eat these every day? What is the science behind why they taste so good? Who am I, anyway? There are many questions. Five Guys have the answers to most of them.

It's good but it's not great. I ordered the little cheeseburger, the little fries and a soda. I got…read morea bit confused as i got as many chips as my friend which she ordered regular fries the only difference was half of my chips were chucked in my bag...oh well..I ordered the chips with the Cajun spice on it. If i say they drowned the chips with it would be an understatement. There was a massive selection of soda of which i was impressed with the fact that they had all their versions of the soda you can have in zero version without the sugar. The burgers were good but not great...it was meh, better than what would get in mcdonalds or burger king and they should be with the price they had it. I couldn't stop feeling though that i over payed because of the brand instead of the product. I mean it was a burger, chips and a drink served in a paper bag for almost £11.

Byron - burgers - Updated May 2026

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